Chapter 397: Those contestants who have not undergone giantification, please exit the arena

Seeing Shamon looking around, Gin Jiao, who was walking over slowly, sneered and spoke,

"Baldy, stop looking. Your luck isn't bad."

"Luck is also a part of strength."

Shamon replied in a muffled voice. He secretly checked his current state and found it surprisingly good; his dantian was full of Qi, and he had no external injuries, almost exactly as he had been when he first entered the arena.

Thinking of the trump cards he had yet to reveal, Shamon, filled with overflowing confidence and fighting spirit, raised his hands and struck an attack pose toward Gin Jiao.

"Become a stepping stone on my path to victory! Once I defeat you, I'll go deal with those two..."

"Clang!"

Before Shamon's words could even land, a massive figure descended from the sky, slamming heavily into the open ground beside him, creating a crater dozens of meters in diameter.

"Hoo~ Damn it, come again!"

In the deep crater, the Mechanical Eight-Tails rolled over. The exhaust ports covering its body erupted with scorching flames. After opening its maw to spit out a mouthful of black waste gas, it stood up while cursing, then moved its eight tentacles, which were filled with the sound of roaring, toward the blue Tengu giant standing not far away.

"... the hell? Holy crap!"

Shamon stared blankly at the retreating back of the Mechanical Eight-Tails. The grand words that had just been in his throat were reduced to nothing but two "holy craps" by the time they reached his lips.

"Mere gravel, not even half of what I am."

Uchiha Madara maneuvered to meet the challenge again. The two sides fought in a deadlock for a time, with constant violent explosions and roaring sounds, leaving the momentarily speechless Shamon in deep shock.

"No, don't you feel like their art style is different from ours?"

After a long while, Shamon, having calmed his mood slightly, couldn't help but complain to Gin Jiao not far away.

"Isn't giant-scale combat the basic operation for Tailed Beast Knights?"

Gin Jiao, who was cheering for his older brother, turned his head in confusion upon hearing this. Looking at the stunned Shamon, he frowned and asked in return,

"Could it be that you...?"

"Cough, cough, cough! I know that, of course..."

Shamon feigned being choked by dust and coughed violently a few times, replying with an unnatural expression.

"Oh~ I thought you were that kind of half-baked knight~"

Seeing that he had fooled Gin Jiao, Shamon immediately entered the consciousness space filled with yellow sand, found the fat tanuki playing dead on the ground, and gritted his teeth as he questioned it.

"Shukaku! You're being underhanded!"

"Baldy, watch your mouth. What do you mean underhanded? Do you believe I'll sue you for defamation?"

Shukaku raised its head impatiently upon hearing this. It had already been miserable enough being counter-killed by Matatabi, and now this hateful baldy actually dared to come looking for trouble.

"I won't argue with you about the account-stealing for now, but why didn't you tell me I could turn into that!"

The situation was urgent, so Shamon had to put aside their previous grudges and wait until the competition ended to hold Shukaku accountable for the account-stealing. He pointed his finger at the two giants fighting outside and shouted with indignation.

"Ha? What are you made of, and what are they made of?"

With two large eyes like copper coins filled with a strange look, Shukaku looked Shamon up and down, its face full of visible disdain.

"You? You want to play giant-scale combat?"

"Why not? Aren't we all knights?"

"Knights are divided into different ranks. Following you is my bad luck."

Shukaku exhaled a breath of turbid air through its nose and looked at the confused Shamon with disgust.

This baldy really was a greenhorn. Those guys were all direct descendants of the Old Man; a small fry like you shouldn't try to touch porcelain.

"When you're out in the world, you have to talk about background, you little punk."

Shamon frowned, feeling that Shukaku's words were full of malice.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Isn't it obvious enough? Remember to be born into a good family in your next life. You don't have a single cheat; what are you going to use to fight them?"

"Cheat? I have one!"

After being scolded by Shukaku, Shamon touched his smooth head, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him.

"I am the Guardian of the Dragon Vein!"

"Uh... I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it. You kid still have some good fortune."

Shukaku, with a look of contemplation in its eyes, stood up slowly, the expression on its large face much milder than before.

"Can it be done?"

Shamon's tone carried a hint of excitement, his mung-bean-sized eyes staring straight at Shukaku.

"If you can get the power of that dragon from last time, the problem shouldn't be big, but..."

"But what?"

Seeing that his giant-scale combat matter had a glimmer of hope, Shamon asked repeatedly.

"Hmph~ Why should I help you, baldy?"

With a disdainful huff, Shukaku bent down to dig out the shackles buried deep in the sand, then skillfully put them on itself, looking at Shamon sideways.

"I remember I shouldn't be familiar with you, right?"

Its innate, super-high talent for sealing techniques allowed Shukaku to easily break free from part of the Tailed Beast card's shackles early in its sealing, which allowed it to gain a portion of the permissions and be able to log into accounts at will.

Up to now, Shamon had not become a knight recognized by the Tailed Beast, and the reason Shukaku communicated with him so much was simply because it was bored and wanted to find someone to chat with.

"What do you want me to do so you'll help me?"

Shamon's expression darkened slightly, and he asked coldly. In his view, Shukaku wanted to make some unspeakable deal with him.

In the darkness, the corners of Shukaku's mouth curled up slightly upon hearing this, its yellow eyes flashing with a strange light.

"It's not impossible for me to help you, as long as you..."

"Hey! Baldy, are you still fighting? If you want to surrender, hurry up and cancel your transformation and get down."

In reality, Gin Jiao, worried about his older brother, had little interest in the re-logged Shamon. Looking at the green tanuki head armor that was all the other had left, he advised him to surrender with a sense of listlessness.

Because Shamon had removed Shukaku's Magnet Release buckle, he was now in his basic black-pigment form. His weak aura made Gin Jiao unable to muster any interest.

"Fighting is naturally what I want to do, but my suggestion is a temporary truce."

Shamon, having finished communicating in the consciousness space, nodded. With a faint, strange look in his eyes, his gaze passed over Gin Jiao in front of him and landed on the two giants engaged in fierce battle not far away.

"You aren't thinking of going over there to get involved, are you?"

Gin Jiao asked with some surprise upon seeing this, then looked Shamon up and down with slight disdain and shook his head gently.

"Forget it. With your level, surviving ten seconds would count as the ancestors manifesting."

These words were a naked look-down on Shamon. Gin Jiao had just fought him, so he naturally knew how much weight this tanuki knight had.

"How would I know if I don't try? Besides, I see your brother... he seems to be unable to hold on."

Shamon, accustomed to being mocked, didn't take Gin Jiao's words to heart. Instead, he stretched out his finger and pointed at the Mechanical Eight-Tails being suppressed by the Susanoo.

"Not good!"

Gin Jiao turned his head and saw the Susanoo brandishing four giant swords, cutting off all the tentacles of the Mechanical Eight-Tails.

Although the severed tentacles could recover, the process required time. In this gap, Jin Jiao could only be beaten passively.

"Forget it. Wanting to seek death is your business."

After leaving behind these words, Gin Jiao took his loyal summoned beast and rushed toward the place of the giant-scale combat.

As for Shamon, in Gin Jiao's eyes, this baldy couldn't stir up any waves. The final winner would definitely be between their brothers and Uchiha Madara.

"Wait for me!"

Shamon leaped up and quickly caught up with the running Gin Jiao.

"Too weak! Even if you turn into this appearance, you're just a pile of scrap metal."

Maneuvering his flexible arms to cut off the tentacles of the Mechanical Eight-Tails, Uchiha Madara's expression was without joy or sorrow, as if he had done a trivial thing.

"Hoo~ If this continues, I might really lose."

Jin Jiao, in the cockpit of the Mechanical Eight-Tails, had his brows tightly locked. Uchiha Madara was worthy of being Master Gin's younger brother; his strength was truly extraordinary.

Although Jin Jiao didn't have much obsession with the outcome of this competition, he still possessed the heart of a strong person. If he admitted defeat easily, he feared it would have a not-insignificant impact on his future cultivation.

Kakuzu: Heart of a strong person? Can it be sold for money?

"Big brother! Are you okay?"

Just as Jin Jiao was deep in thought, a familiar voice rang out on the battlefield. Looking down at the worried Gin Jiao, he slowly puffed out his chest, and the fighting spirit in his heart was ignited once again.

Jin Jiao! You are the Raikage; even if you lose, you must lose with dignity!

"Two more little bugs have come? You all come together; I still have things to do."

Uchiha Madara also discovered the sudden intruders. After a glance, he didn't take these two small fry to heart.

"Matatabi, can you do it?"

"No problem. What Old Eight can do, I can do too!"

After a simple communication with Matatabi, Matatabi in the consciousness sea let out a long howl and began to gather its origin power, preparing to entrust it to Gin Jiao.

At the same time, having the lesson of his older brother, Gin Jiao easily activated the bloodline power within his body. As this power merged into the driver, a blue-bottomed card shining with golden light popped out from the card box at his waist and landed precisely between his fingers.

Looking at the golden tiger claw on the card in his hand, Gin Jiao pushed it into the card slot with a firm expression.

"Survive!"

Accompanied by a simple electronic sound, a dazzling golden light instantly enveloped Gin Jiao's figure. Immediately following, a chilling, cold aura that made one tremble erupted.

"Do you all feel a chill?"

The crowd in the spectator stands was currently watching the four knights in the final circle intently. The sudden chill made them unable to help but tighten their collars.

"It's not a chill on the physical level. With such dense Yin-attribute chakra, there really isn't a single Tailed Beast that is simple."

As an expert in the research of Ninjutsu, Senju Tobirama quickly analyzed the nature of this chill, then looked at the upgrading Gin Jiao with deep eyes.

Matatabi's true form was a large cat covered in blue fire, and those flames were nether-fire mixed with Yin attributes. While burning the physical body, they also roasted the enemy's soul, which was what made everyone feel a trace of trembling from the soul.

"We said it was just for fun, so why did you start fighting with real fire?"

Looking at the powered-up Gin Jiao, Uchiha Gin scratched his head helplessly. He hadn't expected the Gin-Jin brothers' competitive spirit to be so strong, but this was also good; it would let his cousin vent the pressure he had accumulated from work over these recent years.

As the light dissipated, Gin Jiao, standing in place, had changed his appearance completely. The silver-based armor was inlaid with gorgeous gold trim, a ferocious tiger had appeared on his chest, a pair of golden tiger ears had grown on his cheeks, and the tiger stripes on his body had also turned into a dazzling gold.

【Kamen Rider Taiga (Survive Form)】

Having finished his transformation, Gin Jiao held one hand high in a cool pose. At this moment, the driver at his waist finally digested the power of the Two-Tails. With a flash of brilliant light, a card containing the power of the Tailed Beast popped out from the card slot at his waist.

"Big brother! I'm here to assist you!"

The supreme Two-Tails card with a gorgeous border was born.

Taking the supreme Tailed Beast card, Gin Jiao inserted it into the card slot at his waist.

"Two-Tails, loading."

The same BGM as when Jin Jiao had done it rang out, making the crowd present feel their blood boil. Dense Tailed Beast chakra rose into the air, condensing into a running mechanical tiger in the sky.

"... Matatabi, Beast Fist Combination!"

Gin Jiao used force with his legs and leaped up, his tiny figure instantly merging into the body of the Mechanical Two-Tails.

"Roar!"

A deafening tiger roar resounded through the sky, and even the dark clouds covering the heads of the crowd were dispersed by this roar, revealing strands of golden sunlight.

The golden light that spilled down fell onto the roaring Mechanical Two-Tails, adding a few points of kingly dominance to it.

"Not bad. You two brothers really didn't let me down."

Uchiha Madara looked at the Mechanical Tiger that had appeared, the excitement on his face even greater than before. The defeat of the Mechanical Eight-Tails was only a matter of time. He had thought this farce was about to end, but he hadn't expected there to be surprises.

"Big brother! Let's brothers fight side-by-side."

As the saying goes, brothers fight together. Gin Jiao maneuvered the Mechanical Two-Tails to land beside Jin Jiao, his voice simultaneously entering the other's cockpit.

"Well come. Let's treat this battle as a rehearsal!"

With his younger brother's support, Jin Jiao's fighting spirit rose greatly. He rubbed his hands together and said with a smile.

"Eh? That chill from just a moment ago should have passed, right?"

In the spectator stands, Senju Tobirama, who had suddenly shivered for no reason, blinked in confusion.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The Mechanical Eight-Tails took the lead and leaped high. Its eight tentacles transformed into a propeller in the air, generating a strong wind force when rotating. Combined with the black machine oil sprayed from the middle, it forced Uchiha Madara's Susanoo to retreat a few steps to dodge.

And Gin Jiao, taking advantage of this gap, maneuvered the Mechanical Two-Tails in a hungry tiger pounce, slamming heavily into the waist of the Susanoo. With a wave of its sharp tiger claws, it left a deep claw mark on the supposedly indestructible Susanoo armor.

The tacit understanding cultivated by the Gin-Jin brothers over many years was displayed vividly at this moment. Jin Jiao, who had been struggling to support himself alone, now had Gin Jiao's cooperation. The attacks of the two giant beasts were seamless, not giving Uchiha Madara a single chance to catch his breath.

"Tsk!"

Waving his sword to force back the Mechanical Two-Tails, Uchiha Madara looked at the ferocious wound on his waist and couldn't help but frown. The cooperation between the two in front of him was too tacit; if he continued to be careless, he was very likely to capsize in the gutter.

Uchiha Madara maneuvered the Susanoo, resisting the Gin-Jin brothers' attacks like a rainstorm with a headache. He now had to concentrate all his energy on using his pupil power to control the Susanoo, unable to exert his full strength at all.

"Damn it, if the Nine-Tails would put in some effort..."

If the Nine-Tails could also be mechanized—no, even if it were just a complete Tailed Beast transformation—he would be able to free up his hands to use other means.

"Human, I want to make a deal with you."

Just as Uchiha Madara was distressed, the Nine-Tails, which had been silent for a long time in his consciousness sea, suddenly spoke, and it sounded like it was gritting its teeth.

"If you have a fart, let it out. I'm busy here!"

Dealing with the attacks of the two giant beasts, Uchiha Madara poked his head out in the consciousness sea, looking at the Nine-Tails, which had a look of deep hatred, with slight confusion, though his tone remained unkind.

"As long as you agree to help me catch these two bastards, and let me cut off their 'kun-kuns', I will help you."

"Ha?"

Uchiha Madara looked at the Nine-Tails with a strange expression, discovering that it was tightly clamping its hind legs while speaking. He instantly understood in his heart. Turning his head to look at the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails attacking him, the strange look in his eyes became even more intense.

"Fine, I agree to you."

Without the slightest hesitation, Uchiha Madara nodded and agreed to the Nine-Tails' request.

Opposite him, one was a bull with an octopus lower body, and the other was a female cat that could never have a 'kun-kun' in this lifetime. Even if he agreed to this outrageous request of the Nine-Tails, what did it matter?

"Good! Finally, I can take revenge~"

The Nine-Tails stood up excitedly, its voice loud as it opened its throat to shout. But just as it finished speaking, it suddenly caught a glimpse of the tightly closed door next door, and its high-pitched voice instantly withered.

"Do you also want to become like them?"

Uchiha Madara looked at the Nine-Tails and suddenly asked a question, a trace of anticipation flashing across his cold face.

Since the Nine-Tails said it could help, couldn't he also drive a Konoha Big Beta?

"No, I don't trust you."

The Nine-Tails shook its head. It couldn't do the kind of behavior like the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails, handing over all their power to a knight.

Even if the flames of revenge were burning fiercely, the Nine-Tails rejected handing over its body and mind to Uchiha Madara, this pervert, from the bottom of its heart. If the other party forced it, it was prepared to go down with this guy.

Of course, if the host was one it had raised from a young age, perhaps it could reluctantly accept it.

"Doesn't matter. As long as you can be of some use, I don't expect you to accomplish much."

With a faint look of disappointment flashing in his eyes, Uchiha Madara left behind these words and turned to leave.

Back in reality, Uchiha Madara suddenly felt a throb coming from the driver at his waist. He knew this was the Nine-Tails exerting its power.

"Nine-Tails, loading."

Accompanied by a flash of brilliant light, the Nine-Tails buckle at Uchiha Madara's waist was dyed the same fire-red as the Nine-Tails' true form, and nine tails emitting flames floated behind him.

Dense Tailed Beast chakra instantly surged out, and in an instant, it dyed Uchiha Madara's entire body red.

"I didn't expect the Nine-Tails to actually compromise. They must have reached some unspeakable deal, one human and one beast~"

Uchiha Gin, in the spectator stands, looked curiously at Uchiha Madara, who was filled with the power of the Nine-Tails. Thinking of the not-so-harmonious relationship between the human and the beast, he began to speculate secretly.

"Big brother, he seems to be unable to hold on."

Feeling the movements of Uchiha Madara's Susanoo becoming sluggish, Gin Jiao immediately connected to his older brother.

"Finally unable to persist? But there's no help for it; after all, the opponents are us, the Gin-Jin brothers."

Jin Jiao also felt Uchiha Madara's change, and a few points of arrogance couldn't help but emerge on his face.

"Then what should we do? Knock him off the stage?"

Gin Jiao scratched his head. The purpose of the two brothers participating in the competition wasn't to win the championship.

"Forget it. Once we've had enough fun, we'll just point it out. Master Gin is still watching from above~"

Glancing without a trace at the Rabbit Knight in the stands, Jin Jiao shook his head gently, indicating that they should give Uchiha Gin face and not steal the spotlight. This competition was just for gilding someone.

"Uh... alright. By the way, there's still a baldy over here. Should we take him away too?"

Gin Jiao, who could distinguish who was the big and small king, not only didn't oppose his older brother's plan but instead looked at Shamon, who was observing secretly not far away, and made a throat-slitting gesture.

"That shouldn't be necessary. It's too deliberate."

"Then we'll..."

"Roar!"

Just as the Gin-Jin brothers finished discussing and were preparing to throw the match, a roar filled with resentment rang out in the arena. The two turned their heads in confusion.

"Ha?" *2

They saw that beside Uchiha Madara, there was an extra fire-red fox, its nine tails floating in the wind, and ferocious light flickering in its massive beast pupils.

"Finally! Finally, I've found a chance for revenge! You two bastards, return my 'kun-ming'!"

The completely Tailed-Beast-transformed Nine-Tails had descended temporarily. Possessing eighty percent of its chakra from its prime, its mind now contained only the scene of the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails joining forces to cut its 'kun'.

"Big brother, it seems to still be holding a grudge."

Gin Jiao swallowed his saliva and asked his older brother in a low voice, his eyes carrying a faint look of fear. He still remembered the time he spent in the Nine-Tails' belly, which counted as a not-so-small psychological shadow.

"It has nothing to do with me. You're the one who cut its 'kun'~"

Jin Jiao immediately made a clean break with his younger brother, indicating that he wasn't the culprit behind the 'kun'-cutting.

"You!"

"Hi~ Just joking, don't panic. Isn't it just one Nine-Tails? How could it be a match for us brothers?"

The Mechanical Eight-Tails, which could even penetrate Uchiha Madara's Susanoo, gave Jin Jiao great confidence. Facing the Nine-Tails, known as the strongest Tailed Beast, he believed that the two brothers would never repeat their past mistakes and become the other's belly food again.

"Be quiet. Biting dogs don't bark so loudly."

In the Susanoo beside the Nine-Tails, Uchiha Madara was silent for a while, lost in thought. Having had his train of thought disturbed by the roar, he reprimanded it with an unhappy expression.

"Hmph! Let me show you my power."

Having finally come out once, you wouldn't even let someone show off?

Baring its teeth at Uchiha Madara, the Nine-Tails shifted its gaze to the two mechanical Tailed Beasts waiting in battle array not far away, its eager claws flashing with chilling cold light, looking like it was ready to strike.

"Wait, let me stack some armor on you."

Comparing the physical builds of the two sides, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but feel a bit worried. With the Nine-Tails' skinny little frame, it probably wouldn't be enough for the other side to beat up.

"Don't look down on me. Even if they turn into this state, they are definitely not my match... Wait, what are you doing!?"

They saw Uchiha Madara maneuver the Susanoo to stand behind the Nine-Tails. As a red light flashed in his eyes, cold and obscure pupil power instantly overflowed. The Nine-Tails, feeling its chrysanthemum tighten, hurriedly turned its head back.

In the surprised gaze of the crowd, the blue Susanoo actually began to decompose, transforming and recombining into one accessory after another, which then stuck seamlessly onto the Nine-Tails' body.

"Nine-Tails, you've been strengthened. Go!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 398 =====